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In the modern world, some sort of reasonable fixed duration seems to make a lot of sense. An elderly author cranking out a work partly for the benefit of a soon
by ghaff 11mo ago
In the modern world, some sort of reasonable fixed duration seems to make a lot of sense. An elderly author cranking out a work partly for the benefit of a soon-to-be widow/widower isn't insane. You can argue about exact timeframes and details but some sort of duration after creation (maybe not less than life of creator) probably works pretty well.
- int_19h 11mo agoI think it would make more sense to simply start taxing copyright as property, if we insist on "intellectual property" in the first place. Have an exemption in place for the first few years, then gradually ramp it up - the longer you keep something out of public domain, the more it costs to do so every year. Use those funds to subsidize new works released under permissive licenses.